Mosque

I woke up one morning to receive a briefing on that day’s mission. The mission happens to be that we were going out for a mosque listening. Upon completion of the brief I went back to my rack, and I started doing my own planning. Going through everything in my head, what building do we take? What’s my specific job? Do we have our supplies? Am I going to make it back to base tonight? A few hours went by and the time had come to mount up in the gun trucks and go out for our mission. I jump in my…

Thesis: The Canadian television sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie is a tremendous series that not only gives viewers numerous laughs, but also educates viewers on Islam. The show give viewers insight on the daily life of Muslims living in the western world. Although this series is fictional, it does an exemplary job of depicting diversity among the group of Muslims living in Mercy, Saskatchewan. The Muslim characters in the show all seem to have different jobs and behaviors while still…

The two episodes of Little Mosque on a Prairie use religion to portray ignorance towards other religions in Canada by having a diverse cast that vary in comparison to each other. Furthermore, the episodes highlight the importance of presenting the religion and creating awareness about the cultural and religious practices. Especially in the circumstances we see in today’s society this show is very important to understand. The setting of the show is very important to the problems this show is…

Today I had the pleasure of attending the Zhur Jumuah prayer service at the Masijid-Al-Mu’minun mosque. I have learned a lot of information about Islam in my undergraduate experience, including the origin of the religion, the muslim dynasties, and the values of Islam, but in order to remember what I have learned, I must use the information and immerse myself in that environment. The purpose of this visit was to observe the religious practice I have studied to reinforce the course material.…

religion that is referenced in these two cultures are different, some ways of constructing space are similar in order to create a divine space, while other mechanisms are different and help to describe the religion itself. For this paper the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (1609-1617 CE) in Istanbul will be discussed as an example of Ottoman-Islamic…

The Great Mosque of Cordoba brought the influence of Islamic and Byzantine architecture to Spain, and led to the creation of the mudejar-style of architecture that is now a trademark of the Spanish Empire. As the cultural capital under the Muslim Umayyad dynasty, Cordoba grew as a city rich in art and architecture, eventually becoming a cultural mecca for Islam. As Glaire Anderson, historian of Islamic art and architecture, states, “the Great Mosque was the centerpiece of Cordoba, one of the…

community is and how strong the faith is. My imam is a person I hold the utmost respect for. When he looks towards me I instantly humble myself and around him, I make sure that I am respectful. He is a person that I look up too. All the adults at the mosque, including my dad, look up to him as well. Above all else, he is too just like us. He doesn’t use his position to act like he is better than us. He works long hours and anyone can approach him. He never fails to come up to me and say hello…

published an article back in August of 2010 where they stated that they against the building of the mosque near the Ground Zero site. The article was titled “Anti-“Ground Zero Mosque’ protesters descend on downtown Park51 sit” and was written over all of the protesters that were within the protest groups. Some of the protesters were there to protest in peace “All we are saying is do not build this mosque here at Ground Zero on our cemetery” (Brown). Tim Brown was a firefighter that escaped the…

For ages, people have been coming up with new innovations to revolutionize the world and the people living there. Rome, with the invention of the road, created a new way of communicating throughout the empire. After the Islamic empire introduced mosques to the world, all the Muslims go there to pray to Allah. Paper money became very common after the Chinese created it. These three civilizations that used to trade together made more incredible things possible during their time period. Created…

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